#she's yapping

My initial concept for this piece is entirely different... I had to change it because I realized Svetlana didn't have a huge role in the story and I had major art block on what to do with the blank spaces.

So I scrapped the entire thing and conceptualized another one:

I had variations where there's a telephone cord snaking its way through the boxes but decided against it because it's too messy.

I put notes on the boxes so my author could understand:

I started working on the lineart. I exchanged Mickey and Ian's places. The dog in the card is a different version from the finished product, I actually prefer it but it doesn't look much like a card so I changed it. Mandy also has a really cute sad expression here even though my author asked me to draw her with a headache lol. I also changed the beach scene!

Final lineart! My author wasn't too keen on Mickey's eye so I changed it. Also drew an upturned bug upon their request *shudders at all the bug photos I had to look at for reference* For some reason I wanted to draw the bug as an X-ray instead of a realistic one. I also changed Kash' clothes to scrubs as well as Mandy's expression (still can't draw a headache so I gave up). I made the water tank scratches longer and creepier.

The finished piece!